Electoral College
48 States in the Union give the winner of that state popular vote all that state's electors while 2 states divide them up by Popular Vote and Congressional District. One of those states is Maine and the other is this state.
What is Nebraska?
There are 2 parts to the legislative branch of the US government, the House of Representatives and this?
What is the Senate?
In the Episode "Bart to the Future," this character becomes the First Straight Female President, taking over from a then Fictional President Trump.
Who is Lisa Simpson?
This man was first Vice President and then President after never having ever been elected to either position. He would go on to lose the 1976 election to Jimmy Carter.
Who is Gerald Ford?
2004: Bush +2
2008: Obama +4.5
2012: Obama +3
2016: Trump +8
What is Ohio?
Since 1824 (but not including the election of John Quincy Adams), there have been how many Electoral College/Popular Vote splits, where the Candidate who's won the Popular Vote, loses the Presidency?
What is 4? (1876,1888, 2000,2016)
If a president and vice president are both no longer able to serve, this position becomes president under the 25th amendment.
Who is Speaker of the House?
By some calculations the Presidency changes hands as many as 13 times in this 2000s era television show centred around the Counter Terrorist Unit (CTU) in Los Angeles starring Kiefer Sutherland.
What is 24?
Kamala Harris seeks to be the first successful sitting Vice President to win election as president since this man, who was Ronald Reagans Vice President
Who is George HW Bush?
Bush 2000: +.009
What is Florida
Nixon won 49 out of 50 states in 1972 against George McGovern including McGovern's home state of South Dakota. This state (aside from D.C.) was the only one to give their 14 electoral votes to McGovern.
What is Massachusetts?
This man, and eventual 3rd president, is widely credited with writing the Declaration of Independence.
Who is Thomas Jefferson?
A Hit NBC television show from the late 1990s and early 2000s revolved around the presidency of Jeb Bartlett, former governor of New Hampshire, who was played by this actor, who never won the Emmy for this role.
Who is Martin Sheen?
The third Vice President of the United States, who also the first Vice President to shoot someone, was replaced on the ticket in 1804 as Thomas Jefferson never really liked him. He would also later go on to be the villain in the hit Broadway musical Hamilton.
Who is Aaron Burr?
2000: Bush +1.25
2004: Kerry +1.35
2008: Obama +10
What is New Hampshire?
The Electoral College's number is made up of the Number of members of the House of Representatives plus the number of senators plus this, which allowed DC the same number of electors as the least populous state.
What is the 23rd Amendment?
What is the 17th amendment?
Independence Day, released in 1996 and staring Will Smith and Jeff Goldblum, also features a fighter pilot turned pilot who is played by this man.
Who is Bill Pullman?
Kamala Harris remains the only woman ever to ascend to the Vice Presidency but she's the third woman to ever be nominated by their own party. Sarah Palin was John McCain's Running mate and this New York Congresswoman was Walter Mondale's.
Who is Geraldine Ferraro?
2012: Obama +7
2016: Clinton +1.5
2020: Biden +7
What is Minnesota?
Original proposed at the Constitutional Convention of 1787, the Electoral College made use of this clause in the constitution where slaves in the south were only considered a fraction of a person
The capital of the United States is located in the District of Columbia. This is Columbia.
What is the personification (or Archangel) of America?
Even thought Barack Obama did go on to become the first African-American President in 2009, this Rat Pack member would be the first to portray a Black president on screen in 1933 in the film "Rufus Jones for President"
Who is Sammy Davis Jr.?
Kamala Harris holds the record for most tie-breaking votes in the Senate at 33 after surpassing this John C. Calhouns record number from the 19th century.
What is 31?
2008: McCain +.04
2012: Romney +9
2016: Trump +18.5
What is Missouri?